The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love

by Kristen Kimball

Essex Farm is a 500 acre draft horse-powered farm that produces a full diet for 200 people. The Dirty Life is Kristin’s memoir about the farm’s startup year. “The Dirty Life is a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. It’s the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand.” — Bill McKibben, author Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet